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July 28, 2019 Samsung Electronics’ delayed Galaxy Fold now ready for September launch
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd’s first foldable smartphone, the Galaxy Fold, will go on sale from September in selected markets after the launch was delayed by screen problems earlier this year, the company said on July 25. Samsung is hoping its highly anticipated foldable phone will revive flagging smartphone sales but its rollout has been hampered […]
HOME & GARDEN March 18, 2019 Are you ready for the home and garden show?
CALGARY (660 NEWS) – It’s often said that kitchens and bathrooms sell homes. You can learn about the latest trends and maybe how to declutter your house at the Calgary Home & Garden Show. Show manager Micheline Picot said they have more than 550 exhibitors. “All kinds of different renovators, vast experts, kitchen renovators. You can […]
ELECTRONICS August 28, 2018 Robots Are Getting More Social. Are Humans Ready?
Personal home robots that can socialise with people are starting to roll out of the laboratory and into our living rooms and kitchens. But are humans ready to invite them into their lives? It’s taken decades of research to build robots even a fraction as sophisticated as those featured in popular science fiction. They don’t […]
NEWS October 28, 2017 The Netflix of Apps Is Coming – Are You Ready?
HIGHLIGHTS Ulysses recently switched from a paid up-front to a subscription model Developers need recurring revenue to cover costs There’s already a service that lets you use many apps for a monthly fee Would you pay Rs. 45,000 to own Adobe Photoshop or would you rather shell out around Rs. 750 per month for it? […]
NEWS September 22, 2017 The Netflix of Apps Is Coming – Are You Ready?
HIGHLIGHTS Ulysses recently switched from a paid up-front to a subscription model Developers need recurring revenue to cover costs There’s already a service that lets you use many apps for a monthly fee Would you pay Rs. 45,000 to own Adobe Photoshop or would you rather shell out around Rs. 750 per month for it? […]
ALL DEALS May 9, 2017 Ready for the monster of all deals? We crunched some numbers on Warren Buffett’s wish list
Warren Buffett’s war chest is ready for his next deal — maybe even his biggest one yet. The company’s cash swelled to $86.4 billion at the end of 2016, and at this rate it means even takeovers in the $100 billion ballpark are conceivable, as my colleague Noah Buhayar wrote for Bloomberg News this week. He flagged […]
CLOTHING February 16, 2017 Amazon ‘ready to shake up UK clothing market’ with its own fashion label to take on M&S, Next and Boohoo
Amazon could launch its own UK fashion label, according to industry reports The rumours are fuelled by Amazon’s recruitment of former Marks & Spencer big-hitters Frances Russell (ex-head of womenswear) and Karen Peacock (previously the high street chain’s head of design), as well as Primark’s menswear buying director, Glen George – who also once worked […]
ELECTRONICS October 27, 2016 Wearable devices not yet ready for consumer adoption
Despite the hoopla, wearable gadgets like wristwatches for checking your text messages or eyeglasses that capture video are unlikely to make a splash with consumers anytime soon, given the clumsy designs, high prices and technological constraints of many of the current offerings.That is the conclusion drawn by many industry executives and analysts who trolled the […]
COMPUTERS September 25, 2016 Hardware as a Service: HP Gets Ready to Lease Computers to Businesses
HIGHLIGHTS HP to offer hardware products on lease as PC demand weakens Will monitor its device’s health and offer replacements accordingly Promises to ensure that all data is wiped-off post device’s use HP Inc., the second largest PC-maker in the world after Lenovo, on Thursday said that it will start offering computers and other hardware […]
NEWS September 19, 2016 Reliance Jio’s JioOnDemand: Ready to Take on Established VoD Players?
HIGHLIGHTS JioOnDemand is Reliance Jio’s VoD platform It’ll compete with a variety of platforms from Netflix to Hotstar to Eros Now It has movies and TV shows in English and Indian languages The market for video on demand has only been heating up in India ever since the launch of Netflix in January, and today […]
COMPUTERS August 2, 2016 Hardware as a Service: HP Gets Ready to Lease Computers to Businesses
HIGHLIGHTS HP to offer hardware products on lease as PC demand weakens Will monitor its device’s health and offer replacements accordingly Promises to ensure that all data is wiped-off post device’s use HP Inc., the second largest PC-maker in the world after Lenovo, on Thursday said that it will start offering computers and other hardware […]
COMPUTERS July 12, 2016 Hardware as a Service: HP Gets Ready to Lease Computers to Businesses
HIGHLIGHTS HP to offer hardware products on lease as PC demand weakens Will monitor its device’s health and offer replacements accordingly Promises to ensure that all data is wiped-off post device’s use HP Inc., the second largest PC-maker in the world after Lenovo, on Thursday said that it will start offering computers and other hardware […]
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